Working out of the Box: Francis Tsai: Tsai was diagnosed with ALS far before the ice bucket challenge, and despite his total-body atrophy, is able to continue drawing as a videogames and comics artist using a special camera that tracks his eye movements and translates them into digital drawing commands.

Saving Buildings with Social Media (Or Not): In the wake of the American Folk Art Museum's demolition earlier in 2014, critic Alexandra Lange considers the protest power of social media, when it comes to architecture.

The Deans List: Sarah Whiting of Rice University: Rice's architecture program deserves at least as much attention as its eastern counterparts, and Whiting's future-minded perspective has created valuable and innovative models for architecture education.

Deans List: Mark Wigley of Columbia's GSAPP: Given that Wigley deanship ended shortly after this interview, we had the advantage of catching him in the midst of his own professional reflections on his role at Columbia and the future of the program.